cities

/[…]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,281

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cities is aGermannoun. It means: Plural des Substantivs city Pronounced […]. Often confused with citizens and of.

Key facts for cities
PropertyValue
Headwordcities
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,281
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cities in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for cities is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,281 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Plural des Substantivs city".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cities, with forms such as "ccities", "ciites", and "citeis". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "citizens", "of", "ii", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is cities, spelled C-I-T-I-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs city

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccities,ciites,citeis,citiess,citise,citties,ctiies,icties

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cities

Misspelling Variants of "cities"

ccities7ciites6citeis6citiess7citise6citties7ctiies6icties6
Misspelling Variants of "cities"

Frequency rank: #24,281 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cities"?
"cities" is spelled C-I-T-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "cities" mean?
As a noun, "cities" means: Plural des Substantivs city
What words are commonly confused with "cities"?
"cities" is commonly confused with "citizens", "of", "ii". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cities"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cities" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cities" come from?
"cities" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.